Sherborne is a market town in northwest Dorset, in South West England. It is very interesting town with
historic buildings include Sherborne Abbey, its manor house, independent schools, and two castles: the ruins of a 12th-century fortified palace and the 16th-century mansion known as Sherborne Castle built by Sir Walter Raleigh. Much of the old town, including the abbey and many medieval and Georgian buildings, is built from distinctive ochre-coloured ham stone.
The town was named scir burne by the Saxon inhabitants, a name meaning "clear stream".
Sherborne was made the capital of Wessex, one of the seven Saxon kingdoms of England, and King Alfred's elder brothers King Ethelbert and King Ethelbald are buried in the abbey. In 705 the diocese was split between Sherborne and Winchester, and King Ine founded an abbey for St Aldhelm, the first bishop of Sherborne. The bishop's seat was moved to Old Sarum in 1075 and the church at Sherborne became a Benedictine monastery.
In the 15th century the church was burnt down during tensions between
the town and the monastery, and rebuilt between 1425 and 1504
incorporating some of the Norman structure remains. In 1539 the monastery was bought by Sir John Horsey and became a conventional church. Sherborne was the centre of a hundred of the same name for many centuries.
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| The Almshouses |
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| 12th-century fortified palace |
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| Sherborne Abbey |
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| independent schools |
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| The break of walking |
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